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History of the Department of Transport
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The Department of Transport was established on 27 June 2020.
Since its original establishment (as the Department of Transport and Power) in 1959 during the 16th Dail, the Department has undergone a total of 11 name changes.
The table below lists the Ministers, their periods of appointment and the title of the Department at each relevant time.
| Name | Date | Name of Department at time |
| Eamonn Ryan | June 2020 - present | Department of Transport |
| Shane Ross | May 2016 - June 2020 | Transport, Tourism and Sport |
| Paschal Donohoe | July 2014-May 2016 | Transport, Tourism and Sport |
| Leo Varadkar | March 2011-July 2014 | Transport, Tourism and Sport |
| Noel Dempsey | June 2007 – January 2011 | Transport |
| Martin Cullen | September 2004-June 2007 | Transport |
| Seamus Brennan | June 2002 – September 2004 | Transport |
| Mary O’Rourke | June 1997-June 2002 | Public Enterprise |
| Alan Dukes | December 1996-June 1997 | Transport, Energy and Communications |
| John Bruton | November 1996-December 1996 | Transport, Energy and Communications |
| Michael Lowry | December 1994-November 1996 | Transport, Energy and Communications |
| Brian Cowen | January 1993-December 1994 | Transport, Energy and Communications |
| Charlie McCreevey | January 1993 | Tourism, Transport and Communications |
| Maire Geoghegan-Quinn | February 1992-January 1993 | Tourism, Transport and Communications |
| Seamus Brennan | February 1991-February 1992 | Tourism, Transport and Communications |
| Seamus Brennan | July 1989-February 1991 | Tourism and Transport |
| John Wilson | March 1987-July 1989 | Tourism and Transport |
| John Wilson | January 1984-March 1987 | Communications |
| Jim Mitchel l | December 1982-December 1983 | Transport, Posts and Telegraphs |
| John Wilson | March 1982-December 1982 | Transport, Posts and Telegraphs |
| Patrick Cooney | June 1981-March 1982 | Transport, Posts and Telegraphs |
| Albert Reynolds | January 1980-June 1981 | Transport |
| George Colley | December 1979-January 1980 | Tourism and Transport |
| George Colley | September 1977-December 1979 | Tourism and Transport |
| Padraig Faulkner | July 1977-September 1977 | Tourism and Transport |
| Tom Fitzpatrick | December 1976-July 1977 | Transport and Power |
| Peter Barry | March 1973-December 1976 | Transport and Power |
| Michael O’Kennedy | January 1973-March 1973 | Transport and Power |
| Brian Lenihan | July 1969-January 1973 | Transport and Power |
| Erskine Childers | July 1959-July 1969 | Transport and Power |